Goodbye China After Lisa had left, I only had about one week left until I had to say Goodby China as well. I cannot believe how fast my time in China had come to and end. I am writing this blog post from San Diego, but let me tell you about my last week in China,...

Discover Beijing After we made it back to Beijing, feeling a lot better, Lisa started her sightseeing tour to discover Beijing. As she was here for about 2 more weeks, I could not take the whole time off. So during the week, Lisa went out to explore Beijing...

Chinese New Year in Shanghai After my return to China, I only had to wait 5 more weeks to celebrate New Years again. This time the Chinese New Year in Shanghai and even better, with my friend Lisa, who was visiting me for 3 weeks. Check out the picture gallery...

Christmas in Germany After missing out on the Holiday festivities with my family last year, it was time to return to my roots and celebrate Christmas in Germany with my family and friends. Last year, I spent Christmas with my friends in Los Angeles, and I had a lot of...

Business Trip to Shenzhen A couple of weeks ago, my boss came up to me and asked me, if I would like to go on a Business trip to Shenzhen and help out at a Trade Show in late November. Always eager to experience new things and see more of China, I happily...

A Wedding in China My Boss is Getting Married The weekend after I returned from Malaysia, I had another event I was looking forward to: A Wedding in China. My Boss, David Fu, was getting married and all the employees were invited. I was looking forward to...

Hospital in China Hospital in China - Take 1 Unfortunately, I do not have fond memories of my long and exhausting trip back from Malaysia. I had been carrying my backpack all day long and when I finally arrived in Beijing, I could hardly walk. My...

Langkawi, the island of dreams When I flew in to Langkawi, it was rainy and cloudy, but when we started to descend through the clouds, I got an amazing view of the island. It looked like the island in the old King Kong movie. The sea was grey and the island was...

Discover Kuala Lumpur After I finally found a nice backpack in Beijing, I finally boarded the plane to discover Kuala Lumpur or KL as the Malay say, on Saturday afternoon. After a six hour flight with Air China, I arrived at 11:30 PM in KL, went through...

Backpack Odyssey Due to the strange regulations of my visa, I can only stay in China for 60 days at a time. As I will be in China 60 days on November 5, 2007, I have to leave the country before or on this date. Foreign expats with the same kind of problems...

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